Michigan Armory Gutted by Blaze
Washington AP reports Secretary of State John Foster Dulles travels to Europe for Allied support on a German problem counter-proposal. Dulles and advisers visit London Paris and Bonn in a week long trip. Senator Fulbright says the talks followed a Monday night conference at Dulles' home.
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Washington (Ap
John Foster Dulles
Europe
Dulles
London
Paris
Bonn
Acing
Abe
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Ishpeming Armory Fire Threatens Nearby School
Fire in Ishpeming Michigan destroyed a three story armory as 20 mph winds spread flames and smoke. Firefighters from Negaunee and Marquette saved three adjacent buildings while no injuries occurred. The blaze prompted evacuation of St Johns Catholic School. ammunition stored in a basement vault was feared but not detonated. Damage total not yet known.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Armory
St. Johns Catholic School
Arthur Saviluoto
National Guard
James
107Th Engineer Battalion
Michigan National Guard
Death of Mrs Adelaide Geib 58 of Tonganoxie
Mrs Adelaide Geib 58 of Tonganoxie died at home after a period of illness. A former interior decorator for Weaver's in Lawrence she belonged to First Baptist Church Hoyt born there. Funeral services will be 2 p m Thursday at the Congregational Church Tonganoxie with burial Maple Grove Cemetery. The body lies in state at Quisenberry Funeral Chapel until the service. Surviving: husband Henry F Geib of home sister Mrs Carl Baldwin North Kansas City Mo and brothers Peter A McCaslin Hoyt Henry C McCaslin Dexter Mich and Robert N McCaslin Louisville Ky.
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Adelaide Geib
Tonganoxie
Weaver’s Store
Lawrence
First Baptist Church of
Hoyt
Maple Grove
Quisenberry
Henry F. Geib
Carl Baldwin
North
Kansas City
Peter
A. McCaslin
Obituary: Irene Williams Harris Dies in Los Angeles
Irene Williams Harris 56 dies early today in Los Angeles after living in Lawrence Kansas City and California. She was a St. Luke AME Church pianist. Survived by four sons John E Williams Jr Wendell Harold Lewis and Lewis, one daughter Delores Wyatt, one brother Leon Frye, three sisters Martha Chicks Eva Fishback and Ruth Hagen, seven grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral plans to be announced by Bowser Lee Funeral Home. Sidney Dailey of Topeka dies Saturday buried at Oaks Hill Cemetery Wednesday. brother-in-law of Beatrice Pennell funeral at Gaines Mortuary Topeka.
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Irene Williams Harris
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kas
Ifornia
St. Luke Ame
Bowsert Lee
John E Williams Jr
Wendell Williams
Harold Williams S
San Diego
Lewis Williams
Delores, Wyatt
Detroit
Leon Frye
Chicago
Martha Chickss
Wis
Eva Fishback
Ohio St
Ruths Hagen
Tenn. St
Sidney Dailey
Topeka
Oaks Hill Cemetery
Beatrice Pennell
Gaines Morstuary
Death notices for Mrs Eila Bohnsack and Karl Franks
Mrs Eila Bohnsack 76 of Eudora died Monday evening at her son’s home Dr Ralph Bohnsack of Brookfield funeral set for 3 p m Thursday at St Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church Eudora Rev Arthur Reiss in charge burial in Eudora Cemetery survivors include husband Gus two sons Earl and Ralph both of Brookfield eight grandchildren one great grandson three sisters and two brothers Karl W Franks 54 of Topeka died Monday afternoon about three-fourths of a mile south of Baldwin Junction after stopping to change a flat tire he was an electrical inspector for the Santa Fe railroad his body to Coop er Warren Funeral Home and transferred to Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary in Topeka
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Eila Bohnsack
Eudora
Ralph Bohn
Brookfield
St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church
Arthur Reiss
Seudora
Gus
Earl Bohnsack
Ralph Bohnsack
Karl W. Franks
Topeka
Baldwin Junction
Ottawa
Santa Feilway
Cooper-Warren
Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary
Toipoka
Permit Forecast Signals Busy Construction Ahead
A continued yearlong surge in building activity is expected as Stone’s forecast predicts high permit totals for the months ahead. January permits include new homes for Tumgle, Woodbury, and Hayden plus remodeling projects for Clark and Gamble’s Store, highlighting robust growth in residential and commercial development.
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Stone
J. A. Tumgle
Ward St
John Woodbury
9Th St
Highland = Dr
Ells Hayden
Kas
O. F. Stinson
Sunset Dr
D. W. Clark
Ind. St
Gambles
Masn
Danish Tanker Skotland Fires Out After Sea Explosion
A Danish tanker 559 feet long, named Skotland, suffered an engine room fire and explosion about 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras while en route to Norfolk for repairs. The Coast Guard reported the fire out, no injuries, and the vessel in satisfactory condition. The ship, loaded with oil, was coming north from Curacao or Aruba.
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Norfolk, Va
Cape Hatteras, N.C
Coast Guard
Skotland
Curacao
Aruba
Memorial Hospital Discharges and Local Dockets
List of individuals connected to Memorial Hospital and area addresses with dismissals noted. Includes names such as Janet Stacey Goldie Martin Ulysses Thompson Rosa Hammer Elsie Lampe Connie Rogers and others. entry mentions a daughter born Monday and a Gungiiver today.
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Janet Stacey
N. H. St
Goldie Martin
Ark
Frank Cadwell
Dollie Hicks
Tenn, St
Emma Mercier
Eudora
Ulysses Thompson
Rosa Hammer
Rachel Passon
Elsie Lampe
Ohio St
Connie Marie Rogers
Vt. St
Martha Butell
Baldwin
Kathleen Barger
Conn
Rosemary Ann Hunter
Bonner Springs
Wunsch Contends Docking Budget Deficit Spending
Senator Paul Wunsch argues Gov. George Docking’s 1960 and 1961 state budgets show deficits in combined funds, yet reserves would cover gaps. He questions consolidation of taxes while Docking defends it as a smoke screen and notes Wunsch’s influence over sales tax allocations.
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Topeka
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Senate
George Docking
Wunsch
Docking
House
Congress
Wunsth
Kansas lawmakers tour KU campus with university gathering
Members of the Kansas Senate and House Ways and Means committees visited the University of Kansas for a bi annual campus tour and dinner with university officials. Chancellor Franklin Murphy spoke at a banquet in the Kansas Union while Mrs Murphy guided a wives tour of campus facilities including the Music and Dramatics Arts Building and the Pearson Dormitory.
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Ways and Means Committee
Kansas Legislature
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Franklin Murphy
Russia
Donald S. Hults
Joseph H. McDowell
Wilford Riegel
Theodore A. Sanborn
Garner E. Shriver
Glee
Smith Jr
Joe Warren
House
Robert A. Anderson
Clyde Hill
Raymond F. Carlson
F. M. Carter
Ray Welsh
Tom van Sickle
Paul R. Wunsch
Jess Taylor
T. M. Murrell
Paul Wolf
Laurin Jones
Fred Meyer
LeSuer
James Ayers
Odd Williams
George Peppercorn
J. Marvin LeSuer
Senate
Ways and Means
Ayers
New Measure For Reapportionment Being Considered
TOPEKA AP Another House reapportionment plan shifts seven seats. The Legislative Council proposal adds one seat to Barton Saline Wyandotte and two to Sedgwick Johnson counties while ceding two seats from seven two seat counties. Senate apportionment not included.
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Topeka
House Committee On
Legislative Council Research Department
Max Dice
R-Johnson
Barton
Saline
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Johnson
Leavenworth and
Douglas
James Pearson
R-Fairway
State Chamber of Commerce
House Committee
Senate
Murphy Few to Attend Latin American Educators Meeting
Chancellor and Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy travel Thursday by plane to Mexico City for a ten day meeting with North and South American educators. Dr. Murphy, who toured Latin American universities last summer, will join sessions to plan closer cooperation between hemispheric schools.
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Franklin D. Murphy
Mexico City
Murphy
Dr. Murphy
Coon Dinner Draws Hunters After Winter Traps
Lawrence residents report 18 beaver trapped this winter near Linwood and Mud Creek by Hap Hixson of Lawrence Paper Co. Thirty dressed coons will headline the giant free coon dinner Saturday at the Community Building starting 7:30. Fried chicken also available. Dinner sponsored by the Douglas County Coon Hunters Association and all coons were caught by that group. Last hunt yielded nine coons with four by three hunters E W Snavely Garland Graham and Irvin Graham.
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Ralph
Hap) Hixson
Walnut St
Hixson
Linwood
Mud Creek
Lawrence
The
Lawrence Paper Co
Douglas County Coon Hunters Association
Thy
E. W
Bud) Snavely
Garland Graham
Irvin Grahan
Snavely
Grahams
Traffic Group Recommends Ninth Street Crosswalk Signs
The Traffic Commission urged two large pre warning signs on West Ninth Street near Hilltop Drive and crosswalk lines at Hilltop to protect Hillcrest School students. Final approval rests with the City Commission amid plans to steer crossing to a single point.
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the Traffic Commission
West Ninth Street
Hilltop Drive
Hilltop
Ninth Street
Hillcrest School
City Commission
Traffic Commission
Iowa
Mall
23Rd and
la. Sts
New Hampshire
Emery Road
Ninth
Stratford Road
Barker Avenue
Fifteenth
Twenty
Kansas University
Fourteenth Street
Thirteenth
Two-car crash causes $240 damage on 11th and Mo Streets
A Monday morning two-car collision at 11th and Mo Streets caused about 240 in damage with no injuries. Drivers were Wayne Hightower, 19, of 1122 W Campus Rd, and Martin C. Brandmeyer, 37, of Prairie Village. Police also noted two minor city-street crashes with no injuries.
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11Th Mo. Sts
Wayne Hightower
W. Campus Rd
Martin C. Brandmeyer
Prairie Village
KU Spring Rush Sees 300 Women Registered at KU
Dr. Emily Taylor dean of women at Kansas University reports 300 women enrolled for spring rush the first spring sorority rush in KU history. She expects another 100 registrations in fall for transfer and special-case students. Open house at KU's 13 social sororities begins Saturday.
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Emily Taylor
Kansas University
Dean Taylor
NBC Plans Special Fare After Furore
NBC announced a 5:30 6 p.m. CST special on segregation to offer different points of view after protests of Chet Huntley editorial. The NAACP demanded equal time to answer Huntley and decide whether to participate if others appear.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Chet Huntley
NBC
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Huntley
Henry Lee Moon
NAACP
Ireland’s O’Kelly Plans Washington Visit
Ireland’s President Sean T. O’Kelly will arrive on St Patricks Day for talks with President Eisenhower and other U.S. officials.
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Washington
Ireland
Sean T. O'Kelly
St. Patrick's Day
Eisenhower
Bill targets probation and parole director Dan Cain in Topeka
A bill filed by Rep. Bill Fribley aims to place the probation and parole director on a professional level and bars agency employees from political activity. Cain, a Docking appointee and Shawnee County Democratic chairman, is the focus of this reform measure amid broader legislative proposals introduced by Democrats.
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Cain
Kansas
Shawnee County
Democratic
Fridley
House Democrats
KU Receives 28213 From Government For Student Aid
Kansas University receives 28213 in federal funds for student loans under the National Defense Education Act. The grant totals 97508 for 30 Kansas colleges, with KU predicting funds will cover about half of applicants. A screening committee may prioritize engineering, science, and education majors as distributions are adjusted. Summerfield Foundation adds 4000, loans repayable after one year post graduation at low interest.
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Kansas University
Kansas
Spencer Martin
Martin
Franklin Murphy
Summerfield Foundation
Baker University of Baldwin
Ottawa University
Kansas State College
Liquor Dealers in Lawrence Caution on Margin Cuts
Lawrence liquor retailers report gross markups around 20 percent with net margins near 10 percent after expenses. They argue liquor only sales under Kansas law limit competitive strategies and fear price wars after a new ruling, planning a wait and see approach until the Legislature acts.
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Rence
Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas City
Optimist Club hears growth forecast for Lawrence
Arden Booth spoke to the Lawrence Optimist Club this morning on future growth for the city over the next 25 years. Warren Mitchell served as toastmaster and Bob Ellsworth introduced the speaker at the breakfast meeting.
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Lawrence
Arden Booth
Homebuilders Event Focuses on Sheet Rock at Eldridge Hotel
Fifty builders and associates from the Lawrence Home Builders Association heard a sheet rock program by a U S Gypsum Co representative at the Eldridge Hotel Monday night. Louis Stone read a proposed city bonding ordinance for contractors and sub contractors. Jack Tuggle summarized the National Home Builders convention in Chicago as a local delegate. President Don McConnell read Rep. Newell A George's letter thanking the group for endorsing GI loan rate increases.
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Lawrence Homebuilders Association
Eldridge Hotel
U.S. Gypsum Co
Louis Stone
Lawrence
Jack Tuggle
National Homebuilders
Chicago
Tuggle
Don McConnell
Newell A. George
D-Kas
Pulitzer Prize Winner to Speak at Kansas University
Pulitzer Prize winner Karl Shapiro will lecture at 4 p.m. Monday in Bailey Auditorium at Kansas University on The Critic in Spite of Himself. The talk, open to the public, is presented by the English department.
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Karl Shapiro
Nebraska University, Lincoln
Bailey Auditorium
Kansas University
Courtroom Fines Across Courts Involving Drunkenness And Traffic
Police Court fines include Ruthie Austin 20 for drunkenness Joel Robison 10 suspended one traffic school session for traffic violations Larry Englehaupt 20 for speeding one traffic school session Howard Elifeldt 10 5 suspended one traffic school session stop sign Larry Hinderliter 5 suspended headlight out Troi us Warren 5 suspended no tail light Stephen Hurst 10 5 suspended one traffic school session stop sign County Court Michael Kennedy 10 speeding Matt Snider 10 stop light Alberta Lathrom 10 stop sign Wendell Landon 10 no passing zone Jack Hattabough 16 no license displayed District Court Haas vs Haas writ Mandamus and filing Margaret Walbridge vs Jesse Walbridge
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Joel Robison
Locust St
Larry Englehaupt
Iowa St
Howard Elifeldt
Kansas City
Larry Hinderliter
Hickory St
Troius Warren
Miss. St
Stephen Hurst
Ohio St
Michael Kennedy
Topeka
Matt Snider
Mass. St
Alberta Ann Lathrom
Wendell O. Landon
Olathe
Jack Hattabough
N. H. St
Card of Thanks and In Loving Memory Notice
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for cards flowers and gifts during hospital stay and thanks Dr Walters and Dr James Reed for care. In loving memory of baby Sherry Lou Rock Hold who died Feb 3 1952 as missed by family.
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Dr. Walters
James Reed
Sherry Lou Rockhold
Mamma
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